Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Maine Potato Futures Contract
maine potato futures contract is a historical regional derivatives reference, not a universal U.S. potato benchmark. MassGain connects the contract with product and delivery terms, Maine production, storage, freight, cash prices, liquidity, and basis for responsible market-history analysis.
Market Data
How to read this market
Maine potato-futures-contract data documents the historical regional derivative by exchange, potato specification, unit, delivery location, crop period, settlement terms, listing status, and liquidity.
Use the data to compare the contract with Maine production, storage, quality, freight, and cash prices and to measure how well the regional financial reference matched a commercial exposure.
Data Module
Maine Potato Futures Contract
Market objecthistorical regional derivative
Primary fieldsexchange, product, delivery, period
Key dimensionscrop, settlement, liquidity, status
Commercial usemarket-history and hedge analysis
Risk contextregional basis and deliverability
Compare withMaine physical prices
Analysis
Why this matters
A Maine-based futures contract represented a specific regional and product exposure, not the whole U.S. potato complex. That limits how broadly its historical price can be applied.
Commercial interpretation should compare the contract with the actual Maine cash market and identify basis before using it for other regions or end uses.
Signal 01
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index
UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
Understand uncertainty. Anticipate risk. Act earlier.
UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
WeatherHigh
DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
Single-day snapshot based on a scan of 11,500+ web and social signals. Get historical and real-time data by clicking the button below.
The MassGain Daily
Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
September 10, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato prices quiet at $30/cwt as regional harvest damage buzzes beneath the surface
Market indicators are stable, but reporting from Europe and select growing areas shows real, localized crop stress — a reminder that steady headline prices can mask uneven physical risk.
Signal 02
MassGain Potato Index
Independent physical-pricing intelligence and market-trend analysis for procurement, forecasting, contracting, and scenario planning.
Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
Latest qualifying physical-market observation
+4.75 (+1.55%)
Price discovery for the physical potato market
MPI is designed to track physical pricing data, price trends, deltas, and divergences across regions and potato types.
Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
Single-day snapshot based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varieties by clicking the button below.
Signal 03
MassGain Spot Reference
An independent spot reference designed for price discovery, contract discussions, procurement comparisons, and risk modeling.
Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
A trusted benchmark for pricing, contracts, and risk
MSR is intended to use real transactions and verifiable physical-market data to support negotiations, price checks, contracting, and risk models.
ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
Based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varities by clicking the button below. Full access also includes historical data -- including depreciated NYMEX/CBOE/EEX spot references -- projections, trends, and AI-driven insights.
The MassGain Product Ladder
From insight to intelligence to action
Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
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Content
Original research, commentary, aggregated news, and market updates.
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- What is happening out there?
2
UCUI™
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index: an AI-powered signal of crop risk and market uncertainty.
- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
MPI™
MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
MSR™
MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for agricultural lenders, processors, commodity researchers, traders, and risk managers examining a Maine potato futures contract. Maine is important to U.S. potato-market history because legacy exchange contracts were tied to specific regional and product definitions rather than to a single national potato price.
MassGain helps users identify the exchange, potato type, contract terms, delivery location, crop period, and historical trading status before using the series. It then compares the contract with Maine physical prices, storage, production, quality, freight, and broader regional markets. That makes it possible to understand whether a historical futures price was a reasonable representation of commercial exposure at the time or a narrow financial reference with significant basis risk.
The page supports market-history research, model validation, hedge-policy reviews, and credit analysis. MassGain does not imply that a current liquid Maine potato futures market exists. It provides the physical and contractual context needed to interpret legacy exchange data and to understand why modern potato risk management often depends on regional physical benchmarks instead.
Use Case
A processor researching historical Northeast potato pricing finds a Maine futures series. MassGain identifies its exchange and deliverable basis, compares it with Maine cash-market conditions, and shows where the contract would or would not have matched the processor’s real sourcing exposure.
FAQs
What did a Maine potato futures contract represent?
It represented a defined regional potato product under specific exchange delivery and settlement terms.
Why does the Maine basis matter?
A Maine contract may not track Idaho, Pacific Northwest, processing, or other potato exposures closely enough to serve as a universal benchmark.
How should the historical contract be used?
As a documented regional reference for research, with explicit treatment of contract status and basis risk.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
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Timing and revisions
Figures may reflect the latest available observation rather than a same-day transaction. Source data and MassGain calculations may be corrected, restated, or revised.
Not transactional pricing
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Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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